Girl Scout Cookies Autoflower Seeds

Where Cookies started

Girl Scout Cookies came out of the San Francisco Bay Area as a cross of OG Kush and Durban Poison, and it went on to parent a whole family: Thin Mint, Sunset Sherbet and, through them, Gelato. OG Kush gives it the dense, resinous bud and the earthy base; Durban Poison adds a sweet, slightly anise note and some reach.

This autoflower version keeps that profile, 60% indica and 40% sativa, and adds ruderalis so it flowers on age.

Look and smell

Leaves are a light-to-mid green, and many plants pick up purple in the sugar leaves and calyxes late in flower, set off by bright orange pistils. The aroma is sweet dough and mint over earth, with a little spice when a cured bud is broken.

Effects

Growers describe Girl Scout Cookies Auto as a slow build. The first wave is a warm, heavy feel in the shoulders and limbs, with a calm, happy head that follows within the hour. With 60% indica in the mix and 20% THC on the label, the body side wins out as the session goes on. Most people keep it for the evening or a quiet afternoon rather than a busy morning.

Flowering, harvest and cure

The label gives 8-9 weeks of flowering. In the last two weeks the buds turn into tight, rounded clusters covered in resin, and the sugar leaves often darken to purple when nights are cool. Look at the trichomes with a loupe. Cloudy heads with about a fifth turning amber is the usual cut for a balanced result, and the orange pistils should have mostly curled in. These dense buds dry slowly. Hang whole branches in a dark room with steady airflow, but keep the fan off the flowers, and expect 10 to 14 days before the stems snap. Then jar and burp daily for the first week.

Growing Girl Scout Cookies Auto in Canada

This plant ignores day length, so the calendar is about warmth. Sow outdoors from late May to early July, once nights stay above about 10 C. Count on the 8-9 weeks of flower plus 3-4 weeks of early growth, which is roughly 11 to 13 weeks from sprout. A late-May sowing is ready in mid to late August, and an early-July plant finishes by early October. Two runs fit in the warmest regions. The risk to plan for is September humidity in Ontario and Quebec. Dense buds trap damp air, so pick a spot with morning sun and wind, and thin the inner leaves in the last three weeks.

Girl Scout Cookies outdoor calendar for Canadian cities

Girl Scout Cookies flowers on age, so the calendar starts from when nights stay warm (about two weeks after the typical last frost) and adds 8 to 9 weeks of flowering plus 3 to 4 weeks of early growth.

Dates use typical frost dates for each city and shift a week or two with the year, so check your local forecast before planting out and in late September.

Who Girl Scout Cookies Auto suits

It fits a grower with a small tent or a few pots on a deck who wants the Cookies profile without handling a flip schedule. It also suits a short northern season. Skip it if you want a big plant.

Similar strains at The Seed Pharm

These are the closest matches on the shelf.

• Girl Scout Cookies Feminized Seeds is the same cross as a photoperiod plant.
• Durban Poison Autoflower Seeds shares the Durban Poison parent.
• Tropicana Cookies Purple Autoflower Seeds is another Cookies-family auto.